THE FUSE

Capcom, bless its heart, does not make it easy to follow the stories of its big franchises. Granted, that’s to the company’s benefit: it allows them to take wilder swings with a sequel without being too beholden to silly shit like rules, narrative cohesion and whatnot. But it still makes for some absolute bewilderment when Capcom pulls something like what it’s doing with Resident Evil Requiem, baking the story of a less-beloved online co-op title like Resident Evil Outbreak into the linchpin lore of a mainline sequel.